Ernie Grimsdell
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ernest Frederick Grimsdell[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 18 August 1892 | ||
| Place of birth | Watford, England | ||
| Date of death | 20 September 1947 (aged 55)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Bushey, England | ||
| Position | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| St Stephen's | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1909–1910 | Watford | ||
| Watford Orient | |||
| 1910–1914 | St Albans City | 69 | (16) |
| 1913 | Reading | ||
| 1913–1920 | Watford | 15 | (0) |
| 1917–1919 | → Fulham (guest) | 39 | |
| 1920–1921 | Queens Park Rangers | 20 | (0) |
| 1921–1922 | Guildford City | ||
| 1922–1923 | Queens Park Rangers | 2 | (0) |
| 1923– | Chatham | ||
| –1927 | Dartford | ||
| International career | |||
| 1914 | England Amateurs | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ernest Frederick Grimsdell (18 August 1892 – 20 September 1947) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Queens Park Rangers as a left back.[1][3][4] He had a long association with Southern League club Watford and was capped by England at amateur level.[2][5] Grimsdell later became a referee and joined the Football League linesman list in 1932.[2]
Grimsdell's younger brother Arthur also became a footballer.[6] Both served in the 1st Regiment of Life Guards and the Guards Machine Gun Regiment on the Western Front during the First World War, with Ernie holding the rank of corporal.[6] He was demobilised in April 1919.[6] Later in life, Grimsdell worked in various government departments.[6]
